A ban on large funerals in South Africa has forced people to give up many traditions, but they have also rediscovered old ones, including “secret burials”, as the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani reports from Johannesburg. All it took was one funeral and 40 people were infected with coronavirus. On 21 March, …
Read More »Man assaults wife with axe for denying him sex
A man in Northern Ghana is facing court after he allegedly assaulted his wife with an axe when she denied him sex. Victus Kuudiyiri, 35, a security man had lived with the victim in Wa, the capital of the Upper West region, about 695km from the capital, Accra. The suspect …
Read More »Akufo-Addo jabs Mahama over management of coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has subtly jabbed former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their criticisms of government’s management of Coronavirus in the country. He says the opposition NDC and Mahama are only criticizing his government for their “political survival”. The President during his ninth televised address to Ghanaians on …
Read More »Photos | Sarkodie’s lookalike pops up on social media; The resemblance will shock you
A lookalike of Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has popped up on social media and it has got the whole internet buzzing because the resemblance is so striking that the lookalike could easily be mistaken for real man even by those who are close to Sarkodie. Mynewsghana.net sighted the photo of a …
Read More »Akufo-Addo announces special packages for NCCE
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a special package for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to aid in the country’s COVID-19 fight. He said, his government will on Monday, May 11, provide the NCCE with 10,000 locally produced nose masks and cash to enable it effectively carry out its responsibilities as a …
Read More »Coronavirus could increase child marriages – Plan Ghana
The Plan International Ghana has observed that the CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country could have dire influence on teenage pregnancy and child marriage in the rural areas. It said the economic hardship that the pandemic has exerted on the people coupled with the closure of schools in the country could …
Read More »Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 9th address to the nation on Covid-19 crisis
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic, after we recorded our first two (2) confirmed cases. We have taken the necessary measures of aggressively tracing, testing, isolating and treating infected persons and their …
Read More »Ban On Public Gatherings Extended To 31st May
President Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering to 31st March. He made mention of the extension during his 9th speech to the nation, on sunday, May 10th. The President stated that social gatherings such as societal funerals, church gatherings, parties, etc are still banned till 31st March.
Read More »[WATCH Videos] Another Turkish lady narrates how a Nigerian impregnated and abandoned her
Another Turkish lady has shared her experience with a Nigerian man who impregnated her and disappeared. In an Instalive live chat with popular comedian Michael Blackson, the lady disclosed that she used to work with the 42-year-old Ondo man who owns a business in Turkey. However after she got …
Read More »Plans for home-based carrier alive despite coronavirus setback – Minister
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation sector, the Aviation Ministry has indicated that it will continue engaging investors to reach an agreement soon for the establishment of a national carrier. “On the home-based carrier, it is my intention to push on with the initiative and to engage investors, …
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